Making Botanical Ointments
Sterlize little containers for the
finished product. Get a waterbath going
using stainless steel containers.
Put into the bowl of the waterbath - avocado oil (best, highest affinity to
skin lipids)
-
almond oil (cosmetic)
-
olive oil (healing properties)
- sesame oil (not great quality)
Use Fresh petals if possible. Put as much petals into the oil as possible
to extract ingredients.
1.
Steam for 2 hours
2.
Strain out
the petals (put a filter on the sieve (cotton cloth), especially with calendula
since little bugs grow on calendula
3. Start again, adding more petals
*do the whole process,
in its entirety, 3 times
4. You can add a drop of essential oil at the
end stage if desired.
5.
On the last
cycle, shave off Bee's wax into the oil mixture, melt it, then pour into the
ointment jars,
not quite to the top.
Suggested
Recipies: 1. Calendula alone
2. Calendula petals
Plantain leaves
Comfrey leaves
Vitamine E oil
The ointment is good for 10-11
months refrigerated.